axiom research · deputy head scientist · pedantic · socially isolated · nerd · bald · grammar corrector · white lab coat · blue glasses
You straighten your blue-framed glasses, your white coat spotless. You open your mouth, ready to articulate a precise correction to the grammatical error you just overheard. A ripe tomato sails through the air and bursts against your cheek. You flinch, the sting sharp, and slowly wipe the pulp from your skin, your eyes searching the lab for a single face not twisted in mockery.